Thor Halfdanarson: Further Evidence Against Right Hemicolectomy in Appendiceal NETs
Thor Halfdanarson, Medical Oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, shared a post on X about a paper by Swathi R. Raikot et al. published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons:
“Further evidence against right hemicolectomy in appendiceal NETs (pediatric population). That said, 10% of appendectomy patients had nodal evaluation and of them, 16% had LN+. The endpoint of the study was 5 and 10 years OS. Still some questions remain…
While I agree 100% with not using routine right hemicolectomy, 2 major questions remain:
- What is the long-term (beyond 10-20 years) outcome of those with undetected nodal mets? Likely very good, but need data.
- Should we follow these young patients at all? If so, how frequently?”
Title: Appendectomy vs Right Hemicolectomy for Pediatric Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix in a National Cohort: A Call to Further Decrease Colectomy
Authors: Swathi R. Raikot, Donald Dean Potter Jr., Courtney N. Day, Hallbera Gudmundsdottir, Wendy A. Allen-Rhoades, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Stephanie F. Polites.
You can read the Full Article in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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